The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread!

jo1972

barshamhillbilly wrote: »

Jo how was the ice cream ?

Really yummy, had one and wanted another, I can see some weight gain coming :eek:

It's funny cos I never eat sweet things in the evening when I'm drinking..

Good luck for day 1 BHB

Bismarck

lifesuckssometimes wrote: »

The demon drink i have to say i am having a hard time stopping drinking i filled 2 laundry bags full of wine bottles to take down to the bottle bank added up cost and nearly dropped with shock I'm just glad I'm a good drunk.. i now know why we are short of money at the end of the week

hmm..an old bit of reasoning springs to mind : it's all very well that they're 3 for £10 but it doesn't really help when it's a £10 you haven't actually got!

have a good day everyone - I originally wrote "good luck" but didn't really see that luck had that much to do with it...you all know what you want to do, it's up to you....

Day 88 Mollypolly...brilliant! Is it getting easier?

How many days has it been for you Eselt?

-had a bizarre dream last night that a friend of mine who runs a local hotel came to visit me and was hinting that he was retiring and would like someone to take over...the person had to be polite, thoughtful, up to date with local news and good company....needless to say I got a little agitated at this point....

So I woke up disorientated but at least, again, it was without a hangover.

I wish you all a great day....

Bismarck

jo1972 wrote: »

Welcome lifesucks, I hope you get some good vibes on here to help you cut down/stop

Well this morning I feel like carp, can you believe it! Slept like a log (eventually :rolleyes: then when the alarm went off it felt like I'd been partying all night :eek:)

Still, I don't have a hangover which makes a change

xx

I can't really say enough how impressed I am...I still have days when I wake up feeling peculiar but that's because everyone does....it's just that I can't blame it on anything else...you begin to notice it all a lot more which is probably a good thing.

mollypolly

Day 88 Mollypolly...brilliant! Is it getting easier?

Morning Bismarck.
I think that it is getting easier re the cravings but the situations are just as difficult.If you know what I mean.:rolleyes:

I have a big family BBQ coming up in a couple of weeks time and in one way am dreading it as everyone is always quite merry to say the least.!!!!So I will feel a bit left out.But on the other hand I am determined not to drink and spoil this and will be very proud of myself .
Also I will be in control and able to diffuse any disagreements that may arise due to everyone else being drunk and opinionated LOL.

As for the waking up feeling carp. I find I wake up with a hangover now if I drink ANYTHING fizzy before bed.

Love Mollypollyxxxx

sample_account

Morning all.

Blimey there are so many people here it's hard to keep tabs.

Once again can I just say thanks to you all. I find reading your posts is helping me stay sober. I feel I'm amongst friends here and that's important as most of my non-virtual associates are keen drinkers.

I struggled a touch last night. OH brought back a gorgeous looking bottle of Rioja from the supermarket.......and now I'm getting really paranoid "she wants me to drink it"....."is she tryin to control me?" After all, she hardly ever drinks herself!
Entirely irrational thoughts I'm sure.

I'm going to take Bismarck's advice and make a note of all the "triggers" which are fast approaching. I'll post them here just because I think it will help me to wrie them down.

Well good luck to all and thanks for your company. AFD 4 is upon me!

lifesuckssometimes

sample_account wrote: »

I'm going to take Bismarck's advice and make a note of all the "triggers" which are fast approaching. I'll post them here just because I think it will help me to wrie them down.

Well good luck to all and thanks for your company. AFD 4 is upon me!

My only trigger is going into any supermarket and seeing row after row of red wine or if short of money cider isle white diamond god my stomach in the morning after them

sample_account

lifesuckssometimes wrote: »

My only trigger is going into any supermarket and seeing row after row of red wine or if short of money cider isle white diamond god my stomach in the morning after them

Yep, red wine, white wine, Peroni, real ale, bogof offers.

Alas my dear friends the Wine and Beer isles of Asda, Liddle and Sainsbury you must be missing me.

shopaholictiedtheknot

Morning all!

Welcome lifesucks - what a bizarre avatar you have!!

There are so many of us on here now I will have to just give a general 'Well done' to everyone who managed an AFD and 'Good Luck for a succesful day today to those who may not have managed as well as they hoped - I always think of a quote from the film Castaway with Tom Hanks:

Tomorrow the sun will rise and who knows what the tide will bring

Jo - my Dad died in 1994 (suicide) and it affected me really badly, and like you I am very much independant and don't like not to be in control, in fact I have developed a phobia about being a passenger in cars over the last few years which my OH says is part of being a control freak!! Your psychotherapist sounds very good - did you get referred or are you going private? (hope you don't mind me asking!)

I wonder, once we find out the root cause of our drinking, (or at least what caused us to begin in the first place as I feel I have used several 'reasons' over the years) what difference it will make to how we feel about drinking? Will we be able to just think that because the reason is no longer an issue that we don't need the crutch anymore?

ericca

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Bismarck

shopaholictiedtheknot wrote: »

I wonder, once we find out the root cause of our drinking, (or at least what caused us to begin in the first place as I feel I have used several 'reasons' over the years) what difference it will make to how we feel about drinking? Will we be able to just think that because the reason is no longer an issue that we don't need the crutch anymore?

I doubt I have one root cause...it's more of a root attitude.

I still want to do similar things like finish a pack of biscuits or eat the hottest curry imaginable....the key is that some manifestations are less harmful than others.....

Interestingly, given other people's revelations...my Dad died in the early 90s and males in my family tree don't generally live until retirement. I was no saint before then and didn't particularly overdo it afterwards but I did have a pervasive "I'm going to die young anyway so what's the point....."...scary stuff....trouble is that these things can be self-fulfilling...